Children's Hearing Aid Program (CHAP)

The Utah Children's Hearing Aid Program (CHAP) was created to help families in need receive early access to hearing aids for their children. With the sponsorship of Representative Rebecca P. Edwards, this special law was authorized allowing the Utah Department of Health to govern administration of CHAP and provide these hearing aids to qualifying children under six years of age who have hearing loss.

All children with hearing loss should have access to resources necessary to reach their maximum potential. The goal of hearing aids is to make sound louder so that it can be heard; this allows the auditory part of the brain to grow. This brain growth has to happen before a child can use hearing to learn to understand words, to talk, and to read.

With the passage of HB 18 (2015 General Session), the program was converted from a pilot program into an ongoing appropriation within the legislature, and the age of eligibility was increased to serve qualifying childrenunder 6 years of age. (If your child is 6 years of age and older, please see the HARP tab below).

All necessary forms can be found by clicking on the links below. PLEASE NOTE: All application forms need to be submitted to your child’s audiologist who will then apply to the program on your behalf.

FEBRUARY 2018 UPDATE: CHAP is NOT currently accepting applications as program funding has been fully expended for this state fiscal year. Please check back after July 1, 2018.

For more information, please contact your pediatric audiologist or Early Hearing Detection and Intervention at (801) 584-8215. If you are in need of an audiologist possessing expertise in diagnosing hearing loss and fitting hearing aids on young children, you can go to http://www.ehdi-pals.org/ to find one in your area.